The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-08-14
MASTER PILLS VACATION.
NARROWLY MISSING 4 CHANCE 10
ASSIST At Hrs OWN FUNERAL,

ASSIST AT Hrs OWN FUNERAL.
He Gees 20 be . Desperate Explorer On
Staten Isinnd-Hh Brother Reeesuissd
the WRONG Body at the Merrue.
The pleasant little house at 1411 Park
avenue fairly boiled with Joy and sladness
yesterday. DR.. Gertrude @. Wellington. who
lives there, sparkled all over with happiness,
Mr.. Wellington her husband. peamed pleasure
like tho sun in June, two little girls futtered
about in perpetual. golden haired Glee, and
Master Phil wellington, aged TO- was contin-
ually merry with contented and dignifed
merriment. Master Phil was not 30 openly
joyous as the rest, because he had certain
dignity to maintain. as prodigal son and hero
OF the occasion. for the happiness OF the house,
hold was all on account OF Phil.
Phil has been having quite an experience
lately. Phil has looked at himself lying packed
In Ice In zinc box ut tho Morgue. and II he
had waited little longer he might have
pluckcd flowers from his own grave.
For child whose funeral was due the day
before, Phil appeared remarkably well yester-
day. In fact, he was Just about as sturdy and
rosy and chubby and hearty looking an urchin
as ever worried his mother and with his
Drowned faco and hands set OF by his Sunday
clothes. he looked as though his experience
had done him good.
Phil got anxious for . vacation while ago.
and his mother promised to take him on ono.
but she put 1t off from time to time. and two
weeks ago Phil failed to como home one night.
Once before this summer he had been away at
night. but 1t was because his mother had told
him that II he was found on the street late tho
police would lock him up. and he was afraid to
come home This time he knew better. and
his absence, alarmed his mother. Next day
fbO how thav NtNSNrh nn hat
more NOR positive trace Of him could Be- found. The
WITH mo- bsS
alarm was great. She telegraphsd for her hus-
who W tSysaps In the West and from
Nearly every day some boy would allege that
every clue the patient mother followed out led
to Every sse read al ne
ss Aye 'ss ~
Of . chubby lad that had TeeosnizsSle isssufes.
erai days. She knew fop The son at slancc.
and was sure Of It when she examined the vac.
cination mark on the arm, and found q little
been sure She eco Could tell her BODY 70
disfgpred body carefully and sIamined l.
She looked at the teeth. Phil had fine. large.
naS e
made her nearly sure that the tooth had been
broken of some time. but the dead lad was SO
that she distrusted her own knowledge. and
thought the tooth might have been freshly
signs sH about b the mouth. 10 make sure. she
several dentists: Msst q them agreed with
Mr.. Wellington, who was homo from the
West BY I, time. agreed s with her that the
Zinc ana for
In the hope that something might turn up to
them the snfs bSy The
Funeral e on FSa gays 0o' 70 tho
Before the hour for the ceremony arrived.
postponement Of the obse1uies Keiatiyes az
Huguenot; staten Island sent word that Phil
w of
the lad was home ONE again. having had all the va
PHI says be vent away alone because he cot
tired OF waiting for his mother TO take him. He
went right to the house Of his relatives on
told them Chat his s' mother had sent him, and
be sSW9 ne in sy 1h
had kept IN the phouse
good deal for few days before he ran, away.
n"s sand at
teen" He became inspired. with an am:
S Sn to saSeb es T sasn ssad had
woods and he had not been there long before
erss., and. building hut In an eligible bit Of
wilderness, spent most Of his time with his
comrades in fighting stray cats and other wild
beasts that yentured within the jurisdiction Of
the gang. This accounts for his brown face
and for the desperately ragged condition in
which he came home. which necessitated his
up at His relatives house pretty regularly at
meal time an. and bed time, and they had no sus.
by his mother. They. wondered, however, that
she didn't come herself. or at any rate send the
sending the word to Dr. Wellington, which was
the first news she had had OF her son for two
weeks
Mr.. Wellington, to impress upon the urchin
the Nickedness Of his conduct, took him yes:
terday to the Morgue and let him see himself
in the zinc box. The young scamp didn't seem
impressed.
Mr. and Or. Wellington are not certain what
they will do about the body they claimed az
they may bury it at their own expense for tie
sake OF what they thought 1t was.